Acoustic music of the Sahel; old-fashioned Afropop is sounding good to me right now; the spiritual jazz tinge; three 5-star albums of South African jazz; modern highlife from Ghana; the roots of Colombian champeta, where cumbia meets Afrobeat
Produced at Natural Log Studio. Broadcast on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio in Richmond, Virginia every Monday from 3 to 5 PM. Available as a webstream simulcast at wrir.org. Downloads for rebroadcast on other non-profit radio stations and as podcasts via the A-Infos Radio Project at radio4all.net. And more information about all of those options and more on my blog, globalagogo.com.
Artist | Country | Song | Recording | Label | Year
Oliver Lake | USA | Separation | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997 Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros | England UK | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001
Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck | Senegal | Lam Tooro | Djam Leelii: The Adventurers | Mango | 1989 Bounaly | Mali | Soko | Music From Saharan WhatsApp 10 | Sahel Sounds | 2020
Habib Koite & Bamada | Mali | Wassiye | Ma Ya | Contre-Jour | 1998 Bil Aka Kora | Burkina Faso | Dibayagui | Dibayagui | Djongo Diffusion | 2004 Youssou N'Dour | Senegal | Birima | Joko (The Link) | Nonesuch | 2000 Modou Toure | Senegal | Touki | Touki | ARC | 2020 Toure Kunda | Senegal | E'mma | E'mma Africa | Celluloid | 1980
Kokoroko | England UK | Baba Ayoola | Baba Ayoola - Single | Brownswood | 2020 Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids | USA-Ghana | Tinoge Ya Ta'a Ba, parts 1 & 2 (feat Guy One) | Tinoge Ya Ta'a Ba - Single | Philophon | 2017 The Souljazz Orchestra | Canada | Celestial Blues | Inner Fire | Strut | 2014
Abdullah Ibrahim | South Africa | Bra Timing From Phomolong | Ekaya (Home) | Ekapa | 1983 Batsumi | South Africa | Emampondweni | Batsumi | Matsuli | 1974 Dudu Pukwana & Spear | South Africa | Ezilalini | In The Townships | Caroline | 1974
Ebo Taylor | Ghana | Heaven | Ebo Taylor | Essiebons | 1977 Pat Thomas | Ghana | Gyae Su | Wo Nyim Nti Na Woye | K Sounds | 198x Mawuli Decker | Ghana-Germany | Lololi-Lomko (Renegades of Jazz edit) | Lololi-Lomko - Single | Matasuna | 1983
Grupo Bola Roja | Colombia | Caracol | La Locura De Machuca 1975-1980 | Analog Africa | 1978 Tita Duval Y El Nuevo Ritmo De Bobby Rey | Colombia | Batukacuto | Cumbias Internacionales | Discos Fuentes | 1974 Abelardo Carbono Y Su Conjunto | Colombia | Quiero A Mi Gente | Guana Tangula | Vampisoul | 1980 Wganda Kenya | Colombia | Shakalaode | Shakalaode - Single | Discos Fuentes | 1974